Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Six years ago, in 2011, we hand-coded a nice little website for a female driving instructor in Kent. Dawn decided to stop working for a large driving school and set herself up as an independent instructor. With an impressive pass rate to shout about, she ordered a car and asked The BPc to design a unique and memorable logo for the livery.

The optimised website was launched then we set up social media and other links to increase the website's chance of a good position for selected search terms. It worked well and Dawn has never looked back.

We advised Dawn a while back that the site may begin to slip down the charts due to preferred new technology, particularly 'mobile friendly' guidelines from Google. We also suggested that if she had a WordPress CMS website rather than bespoke code, she could manage her own updates (e.g. prices) with some brief training, without having to pay HTML programmers!

It was a chain of events that began in Hertfordshire. Years ago, we did some graphic design work for a company based in Cheshunt, Herts. The contact moved on, worked in London, recommended The BPc to a contractor who was looking for a website designer, who subsequently recommended us to another contractor who lives in Kent and we designed that website too. This led to a referral for Dawn's original website, described above.

Dawn then recommended our services to Jim Germaney, another Kent-based driving instructor whose website was not performing. We designed a WordPress CMS (updateable by client) website which was completed a few months ago. Dawn was so impressed with its functionality that she asked us to upgrade her site, keeping the same look and feel as the original website. Whew! Where will we go next? :)

Thursday, 19 October 2017

The BPc has designed and delivered the websites for SunSeeker
Doors and Roller Blinds. We have been working with this client for
almost ten years, since having their slimline aluminum bi folding
doors installed at our property.

Monday, 11 September 2017

There is always an occasion to give personalised gifts: births, birthdays, mothers' day, fathers' day, St Valentine's day, anniversaries, remembrances, Christmas or just 'Thank You'. Especially when those gifts start from under £5.

Ceramic keepsakes from Queenie of Hearts are available 'off the shelf' or personalised. There is also a range of greetings cards (so much nicer than the, erm... "lunar-sow" website) and other gift items. All the designs are unique.

However, a new website needs more than to just 'be'. It needs a boost of
some kind to be found on the internet amongst competitors - and
preferably on page 1 of search results. If you search for Queenie of Hearts personalised gifts, you will find www.queenieofhearts.co.uk at the top of results - but this relies on knowing and remembering the name of the company.

The BPc is working with Queenie of Hearts to improve results for searches where the name is not used, e.g. personalised gifts. This is a mammoth task as there are thousands of businesses, many with much higher budgets and profiles, who will dominate the top spots. We might not succeed for generic searches but we shall endeavour to raise the profile for specific searches.

£1,500 +vat, fully inclusive of delivery and installation

If you are looking for a set of fully opening patio doors to fit an aperture of 1520mm wide by 2020mm high, UltraSlim could be the perfect solution as an alternative to bi folding or French doors. Usually, the cost of bespoke doors is over £2,000 but this set is available for one lucky home-owner as a one-off. This is due to the original customer changing their plans after the doors were made. The company wishes to recoup the cost of materials and manufacturing.

Suitable for internal or external use, the glass unit is double glazed to British and EU standards and is kite-marked. The aluminium frames are powder-coated in black.

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

SunSeeker Doors has designed and installed reractable glass doors since 2003. Starting with slimline aluminium bi folding patio doors and extending the range to include UltraSlim and Frameless Glass Doors. As an appealing convenience to customers, they also offer horizontal slatted blinds encapsulated within the doors' double glazed units, as an optional extra.

Added to their list of optional extras in a new product line... Roller Shutters!

When ordering SunSeeker Doors (or windows*) you can now include roller shutters, available in a range of colours. They can keep the sun at bay on early sunny summer mornings and can close off the dark night views without the need for curtains. Many people feel safer at night with shutters fitted and feel that the house is more secure, less inviting to intruders, when they are away.

*Note that all Doors can be specified as windows and still include the optional extras of blinds and/or shutters.

Take a look at the Roller-Shutters page of their website for further information.

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

We have produced websites for two independent driving instructors based near Maidstone in Kent. The latest one is JimGermaneyDrivingTuition.co.uk. Jim supplied the main photograph and we designed the website around it. Here are a few screen shots:

Home page logo, menu and banner image

mobile version

Gallery page featuring successful pupils

The website is built with WordPress, a CMS (Content Management System) which means that with very little training, most businesses will be able to log in and edit the information on their website, add images, write news, etc..

Several years ago, The BPc hand-coded an HTML website for Dawn Driving Tuition. We dedicated a blog post to designing the logo. We hear from Dawn now and then, if tweaks are needed to her website. In fact, it was Dawn who recommended The BPc to Jim Germaney Driving Tuition.

Monday, 8 May 2017

It was a long time in development, but finally the clients agreed on a website style, provided the written content and selected the visual impact that suited the company.

SJ Accounts Solutions is headed by the founder, Steve Anderson, and includes his wife Julia and his brother Rob amongst the staff. Based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and at the heart of their London client base, SJAS provides a range of accounting services for both small and larger companies.

The BPc delivered the SJAS website to the client's exact requirements. We have not yet performed SEO on the content as the client has deferred this service, together with adding a news page or social media. We provide a personal service to each client's preferrences, e.g. website design, SEO, updates as required or training for client updates.

Friday, 14 April 2017

Matt Freeman is a mobile mechanic based in Welwyn Garden City, serving Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. Recently, his new website was launched, developed by Herts-based Professional Solutions and basic SEO added by The BPc who also wrote a couple of posts to kick-start his blog. This includes an insight into the importance of a regular oil and filter change.

As a mobile mechanic, Matt will come to your car or van to fix the problem - like a personal AA/RAC service. But he provides other auto services too - see his website for a full list.

In particular, Matt Freeman Autos can assist owners and other mechanics with removing diesel injection systems that have become seized, using specific equipment that he has invested in. If any mechanics in Herts and surrounding areas require Diesel Injector Removal at a fraction of the cost of purchasing the equipment required, contact MattFreemanAutos.com.

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Just because we haven't posted links to our recent work doesn't mean that we haven't been busy... Quite the opposite. We have one completed website design for an Accounting company that has been awaiting sign-off for a few weeks - but you know how busy they are over December/January. We also have website design work-in-progress for an investment company, a financial services supplier, a mobility service and driving school - so watch this space!

As you may know, we collaborate on websites that are being designed by other companies. Currently, we are assisting with user-friendliness and content for a self-help site that is in development.

We often work with webite designer Professional Solutions who has just completed changes to an established website for an existing client, upgrading from static HTML to WordPress CMS and ensuring that it's responsive for mobile devices and tablets. It now passes the Google 'Mobile Friendly' test and has been passed over to The BPc to work on optimising the content and other aspects of SEO to return it to page 1 of Google search results, where it used to be after we last refined it.

The site is Classic Wedding Car Hire of Hertfordshire. Their services cover Herts and surrounding counties (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex plus Middx, Berks & Bucks) as well as north, north-east and north-west boroughs of London. Their chauffeur-driven wedding cars are immaculate and range from classic, vintage and veteran to quirky and modern, such as:

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